Fish dying

smy_749 · 04-22-13, 05:28 AM

I think he meant what other species of fish do you have in there? But yea, buy a test kit and test your water parameters. Check to make sure your heater is still putting out heat, and it wouldnt hurt to switch back to the diet that you had before. Not saying the blood worms are the cause, but when something goes wrong I always look at what I recently changed as a possible cause.

TotalDbag · 04-22-13, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by smy_749

I think he meant what other species of fish do you have in there? But yea, buy a test kit and test your water parameters. Check to make sure your heater is still putting out heat, and it wouldnt hurt to switch back to the diet that you had before. Not saying the blood worms are the cause, but when something goes wrong I always look at what I recently changed as a possible cause.

Other species is a Von Rio tetra, a loach, and a small otto. I do have a pH test kit, and that's in the norm. But how do I test other things like ammonia, and such?

smy_749 · 04-22-13, 06:36 AM

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Other species is a Von Rio tetra, a loach, and a small otto. I do have a pH test kit, and that's in the norm. But how do I test other things like ammonia, and such?

Those otocinclus can be viscious, hes probably killing all your fish while you sleep. Just kidding.

They are pretty cheap. You can get them at petco or petsmart. If its not that, then start looking at your loach, he probably recently started getting aggressive simply because hes getting too big for your tank and isn't being provided enough space anymore.

TotalDbag · 04-22-13, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by smy_749

Those otocinclus can be viscious, hes probably killing all your fish while you sleep. Just kidding.

They are pretty cheap. You can get them at petco or petsmart. If its not that, then start looking at your loach, he probably recently started getting aggressive simply because hes getting too big for your tank and isn't being provided enough space anymore.

Should I get a larger hiding spot?

smy_749 · 04-22-13, 07:00 AM

I think the loach is the problem. 10 gallons is far to small for a loach, and I'm sure hes gotten big. You need more like 125 gallons for an adult loach, so I doubt a hide is going to do much good as he gets larger and larger. Pretty soon hes going to be bigger than the tank anyways.